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Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House

Coordinates: 42°0′25″N 71°29′55″W / 42.00694°N 71.49861°W / 42.00694; -71.49861
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Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House
Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House is located in Rhode Island
Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House
Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House is located in the United States
Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House
Location311 Elm Street,
Woonsocket, Rhode Island
Coordinates42°0′25″N 71°29′55″W / 42.00694°N 71.49861°W / 42.00694; -71.49861
Built1885
Architectural styleQueen Anne
MPSWoonsocket MRA
NRHP reference No.82000137 [1]
Added to NRHPNovember 24, 1982

The Alphonse Gaulin Jr. House is an historic house in Woonsocket, Rhode Island. The 2 12-story wood-frame house was built c. 1885 by Alphonse Gaulin Jr., one of the city's first wealthy French-Canadian residents and its mayor 1903–05. The house is one of the city's finest Queen Anne Victorians, exhibiting the asymmetrical massing, varying projections, and a square tower projecting diagonally from one corner.[2]

The house was listed on the National Register of Historic Places in 1982.[1]

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  1. ^ a b "National Register Information System". National Register of Historic Places. National Park Service. January 23, 2007.
  2. ^ "MRA nomination for Woonsocket (PDF pages 71-72)" (PDF). Rhode Island Preservation. Retrieved 2014-08-05.